MDCT with coronal reconstruction: Clinical benefit in evaluation of suspected acute appendicitis in pediatric patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-152

  Yoo, Jin Kim ^a   Kim, Jee Eun ^a   Hyung, Sik Kim ^a   Hee, Young Hwang ^a  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Children; Coronal reconstruction; MDCT

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149250289     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.4015     Document Type: Article

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